Saturday, April 11, 2020

Nick and Vanessa Lachey have quite the unorthodox method for decision-making in their marriage.

Speaking to PEOPLE Now on Tuesday, the couple and hosts of Netflix’s innovative new dating series Love Is Blindsaid that communication has been key for their marriage of 11 years.

“I don’t let it fester, he doesn’t let it fester,” said Vanessa, 39. “We speak our minds. Sometimes you have to walk away…”

“Don’t lie, it’s all about rock paper scissor,” interjected Nick, 46.

After the pair performed two quick games of rock paper scissor, which was won by the former 98 Degrees singer, Vanessa said that they typically use that to make decisions about their three children: sons Phoenix Robert, 3, and Camden John, 7, and daughter Brooklyn Elisabeth, 5.

“I’ll be like, ‘Who’s going to pick him up today? All right, you got it,’ ” Vanessa said.

The mother of three reiterated the importance of communication in their marriage. “I know that sounds cliche, but he isn’t a mind reader. I’m crazy, I go from hot to cold, happy to sad.”

“I never noticed,” Nick joked.

“He’s literally like, ‘I wanna be there for you, but I don’t know how,’ ” she said. “And I’m like, ‘Let me tell you what’s going on right now. I have this going on with this, I feel this from the kids, and I want this from you.’ And he’s like ‘Okay, let’s work on this’. Otherwise, how is he supposed to know that? And vice-versa.”

The couple also revealed that a recent trip to Hawaii with their children did not go as smoothly as they hoped.

“While it was great, I think that they’re too young,” Vanessa shared. “I don’t want to do that for another five to 10 years. We have a 7-, 5- and 3-year-old, and they want to do three different things with three different levels of swimming. There’s only two parents. It was the first time I felt the stress of having three children. Normally we can manage, and I was like this is … ”

“One’s on the speed slide, one just wants to wait around,” Nick explained.

“We’re on vacation, so we’re like, we want to have a poolside cocktail and enjoy ourselves,” Vanessa said. “No, and on top of that everyone has a camera phone and I’m like, ’Keep it together.’ ”

Given their level of fame, Vanessa said traveling can become more complicated, especially with three young children.

“It’s not hard because we are very grateful for our industry and what we do and I don’t want to sound ungrateful for that,” she said. “But yes, when you throw in the element of kids and they look absolutely obnoxious.”

“We were in the airport and I just started crying,” Vanessa added. “I faced the wall and tears started coming down. I turned around and I’m like ‘We’re ready! Let’s go through TSA.’ “

Nick and Vanessa’s love story could be a TV series itself. They met on camera when Nick was still married to Jessica Simpson, and kept crossing paths over the years as they pursued careers in the entertainment industry, until finally they fell in love. Now, Nick and Vanessa are married with three kids and co-hosting a show together. Really, the job couldn’t be a better fit for a couple who met, dated, and got married in front of the public eye. It’s a perfect union of their personal story and their professional lives.

Vanessa starred in the music video for Nick’s song “What’s Left of Me,” but this is far from the first time that the two met. From 2003 to 2007, Vanessa hosted TRL on MTV and regularly interviewed Nick. Nick split with his then-wife Jessica Simpson only a few months prior, but already there seemed to be a connection between him and Vanessa. In a behind-the-scenes look at the music video on MTV’s Making the Video, the pair can be seen flirting on set. Vanessa admits on camera, “He’s a gem — mini-crush.”

Summer 2006: Nick & Vanessa Get Flirty & Start Dating

In the public eye, Nick was going through a divorce, but in private, he was also moving on with someone new. He and Vanessa quietly started dating, but when Nick appeared on the set of TRL in July 2006, one month after his divorce was finalized, it was clear there were sparks.

December 2006: They Make It Official

Sharing an on-air kiss on MTV’s New Year’s Eve show, Nick and Vanessa ended months of rumors and went public with their relationship.

January 2006: Nick & Vanessa Pass A Celebrity Relationship Milestone

Every relationship has its milestones. Usually, it’s going on vacation together, meeting your significant other’s family, or if you’re a celebrity, the first rumors that you secretly split up. In January 2006, rumors began to fly that Nick and Vanessa were no longer “Nick and Vanessa.” This proved to be untrue and Vanessa dispelled the rumors by telling Us Weekly, “Sorry, we are very much still together!”

June 2009: Nick & Vanessa Actually Break Up

Sometimes the rumors are eventually true. In June 2009, Nick and Vanessa split after three years together.

August 2009: The Breakup Doesn’t Stick

Breakups don’t always stick, and that was the case for Nick and Vanessa who, after only a month apart, got back together. “We’re trying to figure things out,” Nick told Us at the time. “I don’t pretend to know what the future holds, but everything’s good. Vanessa’s a good girl, and I care about her a lot.”

November 2010: Nick & Vanessa Get Engaged

Happily, back together, Nick proposes to Vanessa reportedly getting down on both knees — or what he referred to as a “full begging position” in an interview with Entertainment Tonight — at the Montage hotel in Orange County. Lucky for Nick (and both his knees), she said yes.

July 2011: Nick & Vanessa Tie The Knot

n a small, private ceremony on Sir Richard Branson’s private island in the British Virgin Islands, Nick and Vanessa say, “I do.” While the wedding itself was a private affair, they soon released a feature-length TLC special called Nick & Vanessa’s Dream Wedding so their fans could share in the happy memories. In the television special, it’s revealed that their 35 wedding guests didn’t know where the wedding would be until Nick and Vanessa bought them plane tickets and told them to dress “island chic.”

September 2012: They Welcome Their First Child

Nick and Vanessa celebrate the arrival of their first child, Camden, on September 12, 2012. In a statement published in Us, the couple said, “We are incredibly proud to announce the birth of our beautiful baby boy, Camden John Lachey...Love has truly been redefined for both of us.”

January 2015: Nick & Vanessa Have Their Second Child

The couple became parents for the second time on January 5, 2015, with daughter Brooklyn. Vanessa shared a post on her website announcing her birth saying that she “has already won over all of our hearts.”

Coming full circle in love and television, Nick and Vanessa co-host Netflix’s newest original reality show, Love Is Blind. Not only do they get to help people find love, albeit in a very unexpected way, but they get to do it where they first met, on television.

“I’m in the shower and I’m like, ‘I have a full day. You have a full day. It’s either now or never’,” she explained. “The kids are at school. It happens and then later that night, if you get like the cherry on top, great. But if not, we already did shower sex.”

Admitting that she’s “never a morning sex girl,” Vanessa added that her husband knows to take advantage of their steamy time together.

“I’m in the shower and he’s there and the kids are gone … I say ‘Babe’ and he knows exactly.”

“I’ll be like, ‘Who’s going to pick him up today? All right, you got it,’ ” Vanessa said.

Another factor that helps keep the spark alive? Nick makes a point of always being there to support her.

“He cleans the pool, he does lawn work and he does the laundry,” Vanessa previously told PEOPLE. “And no matter how late he worked the night before, he’s up at 6 a.m. with the kids no matter what. Because he knows I’m not a morning person.”

“In this day and age, yes, I am a very independent woman and I am a mother of three and I’m a badass, but I am still Nick’s wife,” she added. “And I am still a woman who likes to be told she looks beautiful and have the door opened for me. He lets me do what I want work-wise, but then he puts me on a pedestal. It’s the best of both worlds.”

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